Area of research
Molecular Biology · Paleontology
Research interest
Research interests include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Cancer-related gene regulation, and Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology.
Evolution of promoter-proximal pausing enabled a new layer of transcription control
Metformin derived carbon dots: Highly biocompatible fluorescent nanomaterials as mitochondrial targeting and blood-brain barrier penetrating biomarkers
Gel-like carbon dots: A high-performance future photocatalyst
Distinct Frizzled receptors independently mediate endomesoderm specification and primary archenteron invagination during gastrulation in Nematostella
The nanoscale organization of the Wnt signaling integrator Dishevelled in the vegetal cortex domain of an egg and early embryo
An early global role for Axin is required for correct patterning of the anterior-posterior axis in the sea urchin embryo
Distinct transcriptional regulation of Nanos2 in the germ line and soma by the Wnt and delta/notch pathways
Carbon Nitride Dots: A Selective Bioimaging Nanomaterial
Inhibition of microRNA suppression of <i>Dishevelled</i> results in Wnt pathway-associated developmental defects in sea urchin
Biocompatible and blood–brain barrier permeable carbon dots for inhibition of Aβ fibrillation and toxicity, and BACE1 activity
A resorcinarene for inhibition of Aβ fibrillation
Ontogenetic differences in localization of glutamine transporter ApGLNT1 in the pea aphid demonstrate that mechanisms of host/symbiont integration are not similar in the maternal versus embryonic bacteriome
Differential Regulation of Disheveled in a Novel Vegetal Cortical Domain in Sea Urchin Eggs and Embryos: Implications for the Localized Activation of Canonical Wnt Signaling
Conference: 2022 Meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Vancouver, Canada July 17-20, 2022)
Meeting: The Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin XXIV, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 5-9, 2017
IOS: Specification, Patterning and Evolution of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
Evolution of embryonic polarity: The role of the Wnt signaling pathways
Evolution of embryonic polarity: The role of the Wnt signaling pathways
Specificaton and Patterning of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
Specificaton and Patterning of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
Specification and Patterning of the Animal-Vegetal Axis